Tent-door arrangement



March 12, 1929. 3, a, LE'FFERT 1,704,945

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" Application filed December-10, 1926'.

This invention relates to improvements in" door construction for tents and the like and it consists in the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in 6 "the appended claims.

lengthsof a single cord, a

1 the cord has been gaged to securely wayside pocket In thetentdoor construction shown in my prior Patent #1,572,939 granted February 16, 1926 there were provided a-storm? door and an insect prooflventilating door, both of textile material and both mounted at the top and bottom upon suitable cords supported y thetent fabric for folding. and unfolding to closeand open the doorway. When closed, the free margins of said doors extended into i a pocket along one side of the doorway and snap hooks carried by said door margins were hookedinto suitable rings secured'in said pocket. v a

The primary object of this invention isto improve the construction of the'before mentioned patented tent, whereby the door supporting cords are formed by horizontal portion of which between said lengths may be looped and passed through a part of the tent wall adjacent thedoorw-ay'and then pulled to draw said lengths taut and thereafter securedto the door to hold said lengths in this condition, thus preventing sagging which remain smooth and close said door opening.

A. further object of the invention is to pro vide such a'door arrangement wherein after pulled taut and has been.

secured to the other door in this condition, provides avertical portion in a pocket at one side of the doorway to which snap hooks on the free margins of both doors may be enhold said marginsin said even and tightly doorway pocket.

These objects of theinvention as well as I others, together with the many advantages thereof will more fully appear as I proceed with my specification. Z f

In'the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a View in front elevation of an umbrella type of tent in one wall of which the preferred form of my improved door construction is embodied.

Fig.2 is a horizontal detail sectional, view on an enlarged scale as taken on. line-2-2' of Fig- 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal detail sectional View also on an enlarged scale, through the doorshowing the mannerof 'seof the doors its ends upon and is Fig. 4 with parts thereof in a changed posi-' tion. I

Fig. 6 isa fragmentary view of the reverse side of parts at the middle right'hand'side of Fig. 4 with some of said parts in changed relation.

Fig. 7 is a vertical an enlarged scale as of Fig. l.

Referringnow in detail to that re'mbodi sectional detail view on taken on the line 7 7 ment of the invention; illustrated in the accompanying drawings; 1 indicates as a whole the front wall of a tent of the umbrella type i or roof portion associ f and 2 indicates a top ated therewith. As the supporting pole arrangement of the tent formsno particular part of the present invention it is not thought necessaryto' illustrate or, describe the same herein. I '7 two front wall'sections 3 and irespectively; the inner margins of which are parallel but spacedapartto provide a rectangular door- Way or opening 5 at'the middle of said front Thefr'ont wall of the tent'comprises I wall. Associated with the inner margin of the wall section 4" and extending from "the strip of flexible material stitched to said margin along a line spaced from the'edge thereof to form a flap 6, which has an eye or grommet? at about its middle. Said flap together with said wall margin defines a jamb pocket 8 along one side of saic door opening as best shown in Fig.3. f

Atthe top of the door opening on the out side of said front wall is a transversely extending outer head strip 9 which overlaps atsecured to the topend portionsof said front Wall sections and is se-' cured along its top edge to the underside of the top wall 2. On the insideof said. front wall, to the rearof the head strip 9 is a second and innerhead-strip 10 which is suitably secured to the front wall sections and to the top wall 2 tocoactwith'theouter head strip toform a downwardly opening'head pocket '90 top to the bottom on the insidethereof is arespectively suitably secured to the front wall sections so as to form an upwardly opening threshold pocket 14 at the bottom of the door way 5. In the ends of the head pocket are provided metallic eyes or rings 14 and 15 respectively secured in place by means of suitable attaching tabs 16 and in the ends of the threshold pockets are similar eyes or rings 17 and 18 respectively, secured in place in a similar manner. In the jamb pocket 8 is provided top and bottom rings 19'19 and two intermediate rings 19" and i9 respectively positioned at about the middle of said jamb pocket andall secured in place by suitable tabs 16. A flexible member 20 in the form of a cable or cord is fixed at one end to the eye 18 in the threshold pocket 14 and is passed through the other eye 17 therein, and then back through the first named eye. After passing through said eye 18 it leads upwardly to pass through the eyes 19, 19 and 19 in the order mentioned. From saidlast mentioned eye, the cord passes through the'ring 15 in the head pocket, over toward and through the other ring 14 therein and backto the first named ring 15 to which it is at tached with an excess or free end 20 hanging downwardly in the pocket as shown. By pulling on said end before it is tied to said ring, the cord is drawn to thedesired tautness and is maintained in this condition after being tied to said ring. By this arrangement the single cord provides two horizontal lengths or portions 20" and 20 respectively, in the head pocket, two horizontal lengths or portions 20 and 20 inthe threshold pocket, single top and bottom lengths 20 and and an intermediate vertical length orportion 2O in the jamb pocket, the purpose ofwhich length will appear later.

21 indicates the storm door of the tent and 22 indicates the insect proof door of the tent, the former being made of tent fabric and the latter being made of anopen mesh fabric such asbobinet or the like. 7 Said doors are each attached along one margin to the vertical-margin of the front wall section 3' of the; tent and 18 of such an area or size as to extend at their top and bottom ends into the head and threshold pockets and to extend at its free margin into the jamb pocket-and to be secured therein when so desired. In the bottom end'of each door within the threshold pocket is provided sets of spaced groinmeted openings 21 and 22 respectively and one length 20 of the cord 20 is laced through the set of openings in the bottom of one door and the associated cord length 20 is laced through thejset of openings in the bottom of the other door. The top ends of the doors in the head end pocket are provided with similar sets of openings and the cord length 20 opening is provided is laced through one set while the othercord length is laced through the other set. Thus the doorsaresupported at their ends within the head end and threshold pockets and may be folded back (individually or collectively) toward the tent wall section to which they are attached to fully expose the door opening or.

they'may be extended or unfolded so as to close said door openings when their free lateral margins are positioned within the jamb pocket. On the rear or inner side of the free marginof the storm door is secured a plurality of snap hooks 23 and similar v snap hooks 24 are securedto the rear or inner side of the insect proof door and a tape or tying member 25 is lixed at one end to the rear side ofthe storm door at about its middle and I normally hangs downwardly therefrom while a second tape or tying member 26 is attached I at one end to the rear side of the insect "To close either door, its free proof door 22-. margin is drawn over toward andinserted in'the jamb' pocket when the cord portions 20 is pulled upon to form a loop 20 which is passedthrough the grommet 7 in the flap and is pulled upon thus taking all the slack out of all the cord lengths and making them taut. T he tape 25 or 26 associated with the particular door beingmanipulated is then inserted through said loop and tied thereto as shown in .Fig. l. Thereafter the snap hookson the door being manipulated, are snapped. over those lengths or portions of the cord within the jamb pocket'and the dooris thus securely held thereby. Should a slack develop in the cord by continued use, this slack maybe removed by-untying the cordend 2O from the ring 15, drawing on said cord to take up this slack andthen retying it to said ring. By

this arrangement when either the storm door or insect proof door is manipulated the free margin thereof 1s securely held inthejamb pockets and the possibility of the doors sagging at their top ends is eliminated.

While in describing my invention 1 have re well as form and arrangement of the various parts thereof, I do not wish to be limited thereto except as may be. pointed out in the appended claims.

. I claim as myinvention:

in, a door of. flexible material secured to said wall along one side of said opening, flexible means at the top and bottom of said opening and with which the door is operatively connected for a folding movement toward said side of the dooropening, and means for si-' ferred to certain details of construction as 1. A tentwall having a door opening therenectedfora foldingxmovementtoward said side of the door opening, and means located at'the. other side of said door opening and connected to said flexible means at the top and bottom of said door opening for drawing the same taut.

3. Atent wall havinga door opening therein,

a door of flexible material'secured to said wall along. one side of said opening, flexible means at the top and bottom of said opening and with which the door is operatively connected for a folding movement toward said side of the door opening, means located at the other side of the door opening and connected to said flexible means at thetop and bottom of said door opening for drawing the same taut and devices on the free margin of said door for detachable engagement with said means lo-- cated at the other side of the door opening.

4. A tent wall having a door opening therein, a door of flexible material secure to said wall along one side of said opening, flexible means at the top and bottom of said opening and with which the. door is operatively connected for a folding movement toward said side of the door opening, means located at the other side of the door opening and connected to said flexible means at the top and bottom of said door openingfor drawing the same taut and a device on said door between its margins adapted to be connected to send means at the side of the door opening for holding the same to maintain the said flexible members taut.

5. A tent wall having a door opening therein, a door of flexible material secured to said wall along one side of said opening, flexible means at the top and bottom of said opening and with which the door is operatively connected for a folding movement toward said side of thedoor opening, means located'at the other side of the door opening and connected to said flexible means at the top and bottom of said door opening for drawing the same taut, devices in the free margins of the door for a hooked removable engagement with said means at the side of the door opening, and means on said door adapted to be connected to said means at the side of the door opening for holding the same to maintain said flexible members taut.

6. A tent wall having a door opening therein, a door of flexible material secured to said.

wall along one side of said opening, a cord disposed with portions at the other side of said door opening and at the top and bottom of the same, said door being operatively engaged with said cord portions at the top and bottom ofsaid door opening, means on said tent wall adjacent said other side of said door opening and at the top and bottom of the,

same, for supporting said cordportions, and means on said door for engaging a part of disposed with portions ed to be pulled to draw door opening;

7, A tentwall having adoor opening therein, a door of flexible material secured to said wall along one side of said opening, a cord the other side of said door opening and at the top and bottom ofthe same, said door being operatively engaged with said cord bottonrof said "door opening, means on said tent wall adjacent said door Opening at the top and bottom of the same, for supporting said cord portions and means on said'door for engaging a looped part of said cord portion at said side of the door opening after it, has been drawn taut to form said loop.

8. A tent wall having a door opening therein, a plurality of-doors of flexible material fixed to said wall along one side of said door opening, a corddisposed with a plurality of lengths at the top and bottom of said side opening and connectedto other lengths along the other side of said opening, said doors being operatively engaged on said plurality of lengths at the top and bottom of said openings, said cord length at said side of the door opening being adapted to be pulled to draw all lengths of said cord taut and form a loop in said other length, and means on said door to which said loop may be tied. i

.9, A tent wall having a door opening there'- in, a plurality of. doors of flexible material fixed opening, a cord disposed with a plurality of lengths at the top and bottom of said opening and connected to another lengthalong the other side of said opening, said doors being ope'ratively engaged on said plurality of lengths at the top and bottom of said openings, said last mentioned all lengths of said cordtaut and form a loop in said last mentioned length, means on said doorto which said loop. may betied, and means on the free margins of both doors for detachable engagement with said cord portion at the side of the door opening.

10. A tent wall having a door opening therein, means providing pockets at one side and at the top and bottom ing, two tent doors of flexible material fixed to the other side of the door Opening, acord arranged in said pockets with two portions in each of said top and bottom pockets and with another portion in said side pocket, said last mentioned portion being connected at'its ends to one of said portions in said top and bottom pockets, the top and bottom margins. of both doors being disposed on said cord portions in said top and bottom pockets, said cord portion in the side pockets being adapted to be pulled to form a loop and draw all of said cord portions taut, means on both doors to either of which said loop may be attached portions at the top and to'said wallalong one side oii' said door ends of said openand hooks on the free margins of both doors pockets, with its end portions each passedfor engagement with the cord portion in the through a ring at corresponding ends of the side pocket. top and bottom pockets and through the 11. A tent wall having a door opening other rings at the other ends of said'pockeie 5 the1'ein,1neans on said wailproviding pockets and back to said first mentioned rings to 15 at the top and bottom ends and at one side which they are'attached. r I i of said openings, 21 ring; at each end of said 7 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set top and bottom pockets, and devices in said my hand, this 7th day of Deceniher,"l926. side pockets, and a cord having its mid por- .4 r 10 tion passing through the devices in Said side i CHARLES B. LEFFERT. 

